List of Cloud Sustainability Impact Intelligence Report Pages
Important:The Cloud Sustainability Impact Intelligence report is currently Generally Available for Cloud Cost Optimization customers only. It has not been made generally available to all Flexera One customers yet. If you would like to have the cloud sustainability report enabled for your organization contact Flexera Support. For more information, see Contacting Flexera Support.
The following table describes the report pages included in the Cloud Sustainability Impact Intelligence report. Most report pages render sustainability metrics at a high level for either all cloud vendors combined or for AWS, Azure, or GCP, specifically. The detailed report combines sustainability metrics for all supported cloud vendors but renders the data in a tabular view and at a more granular level.
For more details about a particular report page, click its name in the table.
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Combined
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Provides a high-level view of sustainability across all supported cloud vendors.
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AWS
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Provides a high-level view of sustainability for the software assets your organization is hosting on AWS.
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Azure
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Provides a high-level view of sustainability for the software assets your organization is hosting on Azure.
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Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
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Provides a high-level view of sustainability for the software assets your organization is hosting on GCP.
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Forecast
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Provides a view of carbon emissions generated by your organization’s cloud usage and shows a comparison between your carbon forecast and actual carbon emissions so that you can better manage your Cloud usage and meet your sustainability goals.
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Detailed
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Provides a more granular view of sustainability across all supported cloud vendors in a tabular format.
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Combined
The Combined report page includes the following:
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Total emissions shows the total carbon emissions for the organization for the selected time. Scope 1 emissions are Direct emissions. Scope 2 emissions are Energy Indirect emissions. Scope 3 emissions are Other indirect emissions. |
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Electricity Consumption shows the total electricity consumption by cloud computing. |
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Water Consumed shows the total water consumption by cloud computing. This data includes the consumption required both in manufacturing and cooling of cloud infrastructure. |
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Total Emissions by Source shows the split of carbon emissions between service providers. |
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Emissions By Region shows the carbon emissions split based on the location of the cloud infrastructure. |
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Selected Period of Daily Carbon by Cloud Provider shows a graph that visualizes the total daily carbon emissions of different cloud providers. You can control the period for which the graph is rendered by selecting your preferred Start date and End date settings. |
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Selected Period of Carbon Spend shows a graph of the total daily carbon emissions versus total spend on cloud infrastructure. You can control the period for which the graph is rendered by selecting your preferred Start date and End date settings. |
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Emissions By Category and Provider shows the footprint spread based on the category and its respective cloud service providers. |
AWS
The AWS report page includes the following:
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Total emissions shows the total carbon emissions for the organization for the selected time for Amazon Web Services (AWS). Scope 1 emissions are Direct emissions. Scope 2 emissions are Energy Indirect emissions. Scope 3 emissions are Other indirect emissions. |
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Electricity Consumption shows the total electricity consumption by cloud computing for AWS. |
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Water Consumed shows the total water consumption by cloud computing. This data includes the consumption required both in manufacturing and cooling of cloud infrastructure for AWS. |
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Total Emissions by Product shows the split of carbon emissions of the top 10 products in AWS cloud infrastructure during the selected period. |
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Emissions By Region shows the carbon emissions split based on the location of the cloud infrastructure. |
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Selected Period of Daily Carbon by Product shows a graph that visualizes the total daily carbon emissions of different products in AWS cloud infrastructure during the selected period. You can control the period for which the graph is rendered by selecting your preferred Start date and End date settings. |
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Selected Period of Carbon Spend shows a graph of the total daily carbon emissions versus total spend on AWS cloud infrastructure. You can control the period for which the graph is rendered by selecting your preferred Start date and End date settings. |
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Emissions By Category and Provider shows the footprint spread based on the category and its respective cloud service providers. |
Azure
The Azure report page includes the following:
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Total emissions shows the total carbon emissions for the organization for the selected time for Azure. Scope 1 emissions are Direct emissions. Scope 2 emissions are Energy Indirect emissions. Scope 3 emissions are Other indirect emissions. |
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Electricity Consumption shows the total electricity consumption by cloud computing for Azure. |
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Water Consumed shows the total water consumption by cloud computing. This data includes the consumption required both in manufacturing and cooling of cloud infrastructure for Azure. |
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Total Emissions by Product shows the split of carbon emissions of the top 10 products in Azure cloud infrastructure during the selected period. |
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Emissions By Region shows the carbon emissions split based on the location of the cloud infrastructure. |
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Selected Period of Daily Carbon by Product shows a graph that visualizes the total daily carbon emissions of different products in Azure cloud infrastructure during the selected period. You can control the period for which the graph is rendered by selecting your preferred Start date and End date settings. |
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Selected Period of Carbon Spend shows a graph of the total daily carbon emissions versus total spend on Azure cloud infrastructure. You can control the period for which the graph is rendered by selecting your preferred Start date and End date settings. |
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Emissions By Category and Provider shows the footprint spread based on the category and its respective cloud service providers. |
Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
The GCP report page includes the following:
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Total emissions shows the total carbon emissions for the organization for the selected time for GCP. Scope 1 emissions are Direct emissions. Scope 2 emissions are Energy Indirect emissions. Scope 3 emissions are Other indirect emissions. |
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Electricity Consumption shows the total electricity consumption by cloud computing for GCP. |
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Water Consumed shows the total water consumption by cloud computing. This data includes the consumption required both in manufacturing and cooling of cloud infrastructure for GCP. |
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Total Emissions by Product shows the split of carbon emissions of the top 10 products in GCP cloud infrastructure during the selected period. |
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Emissions By Region shows the carbon emissions split based on the location of the cloud infrastructure. |
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Selected Period of Daily Carbon by Product shows a graph that visualizes the total daily carbon emissions of different products in GCP cloud infrastructure during the selected period. You can control the period for which the graph is rendered by selecting your preferred Start date and End date settings. |
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Selected Period of Carbon Spend shows a graph of the total daily carbon emissions versus total spend on GCP cloud infrastructure. You can control the period for which the graph is rendered by selecting your preferred Start date and End date settings. |
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Emissions By Category and Provider shows the footprint spread based on the category and its respective cloud service providers. |
Forecast
The Forecast report page includes the following:
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Forecast Emissions shows your projected carbon forecast (budget) in metric tons of CO2e (mtCO2e). |
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Actual Emissions shows your actual carbon emissions (spend) in metric tons of CO2e (mtCO2e). |
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Forecast Variance highlights whether your organization is currently operating over or under your budgeted emissions and indicates the percent above or below your emissions forecast. A positive variance indicates that your organization is over budget (action required). A negative variance indicates your organization is under budget (performing well). And a zero variance means you are on target (continue to monitor). |
Note:The Forecast Variance is calculated as ((Actual Emissions - Forecast Emissions)/Forecast Emissions)*100.
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Actual, Forecast, Upper and Lower Bound shows historical and projected emissions with confidence intervals to chart your carbon cashflow forecast. To understand the chart: |
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Blue line (Actual) shows historical emissions and represents what your organization has actually spent on carbon emissions from its cloud use. |
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Orange line (Forecast) shows projected emissions and represents your carbon budget. |
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Grey bands denote the confidence interval around your forecast; it represents the range of likely outcomes. |
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Cumulative Actual and Forecast Emissions shows a running total over time. In this chart, the actual line flattens when data ends (present day) while the forecast line continues showing projected totals. |
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Actual and Forecast Emissions shows a direct comparison of monthly emissions versus forecast. This enables you to identify the months in which your organization’s emissions exceeded or fell short of expectations. |
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Cloud Carbon Forecast by Source provides a granular view into your organization’s carbon emissions across multiple dimensions: cloud vendor, region, category, and resource type. For each month, this table shows the actual, forecast, and variance for your organizations carbon emissions in metric tons of CO2e (mtCO2e). |
Tip:The Forecast report can be filtered via the Show Filters/Hide Filters toggle. Filters available include cloud vendor, region, category, and resource type.
Detailed
The Detailed report page is a tabular view of your cloud sustainability data. It shows combined data for all cloud service providers at each resource level. This data provides detailed information related to each individual resource of carbon infrastructure.